Lean and Six Sigma Poster Sessions:
2008 Details on Poster Sessions & Awards
See 2008 Poster Session Winners

2008 Poster Session Winners
Kent Becher, Robin Trerice, Sussane Young, Richard Zarbo, Angela Whitley , Rita D'Angelo, Anita Kwong

2008 Lab Quality Confab Poster Session Applications:

TechSolve
Good Samaritan Hospital uses Lean to cut turn-around time by 35%
Jason Coons

Anita Kwong, Justin Clark and Robert Michel of The Dark Report

THIRD PLACE! Clinical Pathology
Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Laboratory Medicine
Improving Specimen Flow and Turn Around Times at Vancouver General Hospital
Anita Kwong

BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Increasing Assay Efficiency Using Value Stream Map Tool
Andrew Lochowicz

THIRD PLACE! Anatomic Pathology
Henry Ford Health System
Melding LEAN and Barcode Technology to Reduce In-Process Surgical Pathology (SP) Mis-Identifications
Richard J. Zarbo, MD


Rita D'Angelo, Justin Clark and Robert Michel of The Dark Report

SECOND PLACE! Clinical Pathology
Henry Ford Health System
Focusing On The Patient: Using LEAN to Improve Phlebotomy Wait and Test Result Times in the Outpatient Setting
Rita D'Angelo MS

Henry Ford Health System
Eliminating Specimen Collection Defects at a Medical Center through Observation, Standardization, Education and LEAN Process Redesign
Anjna Gandhi MT

Henry Ford Health System
Amended Reports in Surgical Pathology: Post-LEAN Outcomes 2001-2008
Ruan C. Varney CT, ASQ CQE, SSBB

East Kootenay Regional Hospital
"Leaning To The Client" Make It Real, Make It Happen, Make It Last
Pat Johnston

Kent Becker , Justin Clark and Robert Michel of The Dark Report

FIRST PLACE! Anatomic Pathology
University of Iowa Healthcare
Effective Use of Process Analysis and Lean Methodology to Improve Processes within the Gynecologic Cytopathology Testing Cycle
Kent Becker, Jeanne Myers, Cheryl Lown, Tanika Moreland, Rose Meyer, Chad Hoffman

Greensboro Pathology Assoc.
Anatomic Pathology Reduction Of Variances in Data Entry Of Patient Information
Kaye Wells

Sussane Young, Justin Clark and Robert Michel of The Dark Report and Robin Trerice

SECOND PLACE! Anatomic Pathology
Interior Health – Kelowna General Hospital
On the Road to Process Control: A Redesign Driven by Data in Anatomic Pathology
Robin Trerice / Susanne Young

Sutter Solano Medical Center, Vallejo
Sutter Solano Getting Our Ducks in a Row (Clinical Pathology)
Joe Wells

Baystate Health / Baystate Reference Laboratories
Sliding to Success (Anatomic Pathology)
John Olinski

Baystate Health / Baystate Reference Laboratories
Turnaround Time Express (Clinical Pathology)
Virginia Blake

Baystate Health / Baystate Reference Laboratories
Send Out Test Optimization (Clinical & Anatomic)
Virginia Blake


Angela Whitley, Justin Clark and Robert Michel of The Dark Report

FIRST PLACE! Clinical Pathology
Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Laboratory Medicine
Using a Lean Systems Approach (LSA) to Improve Time to Reporting of Positive Blood Cultures (BC)
Angela Whitley

Carolinas Laboratory Network
Lean Kaizen Event Targets Delays in Pre-Analytic Processes
Matthew Sergent, Andre Carelock, Renee White

Chi Solutions
Use of Lean Six Sigma Tools for the Design of a Core Laboratory
Wayne Mercer, Hans Froehling, Nora Hess

Atlantic Health
Histology Workflow
Annamarie Dockery, Christopher Scano, Craig Dise MD, Joe Immordino,
Marilyn Ilvento, Michael Overa, Nancy Mitchell, Ron Delacruz, Veronica Fraser

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